1920s jazz -- "Bluin' the Blues" -- Edison Blue Amberol 4044 -- RARE Amberola III -- gmmix

BLUIN' THE BLUES (Ragas) is played by Lopez & Hamilton's Kings of Harmony Orchestra, Vincent Lopez, piano and director. The recording dates from Jan. 9, 1920. This rare Amberola III was produced between 1912 and 1914. Its dimensions are 44 by 20.5 by 20.5 inches. The open portion at the bottom was designed to hold 3 cylinder-record albums, each holding 30 cylinders. Selling price of this phonograph when introduced in Aug. 1912 was $125....or $2,740 in today's money. NOTE: The superlative sound emanating from this unit is attributable to the skill of Wyatt Markus of Au Sable Forks, NY, who just rebuilt its reproducer---in Jan. 2011. The Edison Amberola III phonograph contains the Edison Opera mechanism, the finest motor Edison created to play a cylinder record. Notice that the diamond-stylus reproducer remains stationary; it's the mandral that moves---horizontally---right to left. The large cabinet houses a metal horn larger than those used in the later Amberol phonographs.

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Music

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• gmmix
• 1920s
• jazz
• blues
• ragtime
• fox
• trot
• cylinder
• record
• Vincent
• Lopez
• Amberola
• New
• Orleans
• Wyatt
• Markus

[bixchick007]

Fantastic. I love this wacky period of early jazz.

[amberola1b]

I absolutely love this cylinder, I have the same version on Diamond Disc, and it was one of the first D.D.`s I had when i bought my first Edison disc machine.